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Ocasio-Cortez: Biden allegation 'not clear cut'
The Hill ^ | 05 07 2020 | John Bowden

Posted on 05/07/2020 6:42:50 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) addressed the sexual assault allegation faced by former Vice President Joe Biden (D) during an interview with NPR on Thursday, explaining that it was not a "clear cut" situation for Democrats.

Questioned on what she wanted to see happen in response to Tara Reade's allegation of a 1993 assault, which Biden has publicly denied, the New York lawmaker noted that Reade herself had not called on Democrats to abandon their support of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

"It's very difficult because this is a hyper-politicized zone, right? Instead of focusing on her account, instead of focusing on her story as a survivor, people are fast-forwarding to the political implications. 'Do you want Trump to win? Will you be voting for Joe Biden?' And that denies justice in this situation," Ocasio-Cortez said.

"I think a lot of what we can look for is, look at the aims that the survivor is asking for. And while a lot of folks, again, are trying to jump to the political implications, she has never explicitly said, 'don't vote for Joe Biden,'" Ocasio-Cortez said. "She hasn't explicitly said anything in terms of a political remedy that she wants. If anything, it sounds like she simply wants to be heard."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Delaware; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: antifa; aoc; berniesanders; biden; clowncar; defundnpr; defundpbs; delaware; joebiden; joeclowncarbiden; newyork; npr; ocasiocortez; occasionalcortex; pbs; sexualassault; tarareade; vermont
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“It’s wrong,” Biden said. “And, it will be put to a quick end in January 2021, because as president, I’ll be right where I always have been throughout my career — on the side of survivors, who deserve to have their voices heard, their claims taken seriously and investigated, and their rights upheld.”

1 posted on 05/07/2020 6:42:50 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Blasey Ford was clear cut nonsense, and look what that put us through.

I don’t want this to hurt Biden. He needs to be the candidate during the debates. :)


2 posted on 05/07/2020 6:43:57 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: yesthatjallen

Her hypocrisy stinks.


3 posted on 05/07/2020 6:45:20 AM PDT by hawkaw
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To: cuban leaf
I don’t want this to hurt Biden. He needs to be the candidate during the debates. :)

Buy your popcorn now, like everything else there will probably be a shortage just prior to the debates.

4 posted on 05/07/2020 6:45:54 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: yesthatjallen
And Blasey Ford's fakery against Kavanaugh was “clear cut”?
5 posted on 05/07/2020 6:47:15 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: yesthatjallen
people are fast-forwarding to the political implications. 'Do you want Trump to win? Will you be voting for Joe Biden?' And that denies justice in this situation," Ocasio-Cortez said.

Disingenuous.

What has happened is the media fast-forwarded to the political implications. "OMG. This could cause Trump to win. It might stop people from voting for Joe Biden!"

So, no media coverage. It's been debunked, you know.

6 posted on 05/07/2020 6:50:05 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Much more evidence for Reade’s allegation than there was for Ballsy Ford.


7 posted on 05/07/2020 6:55:39 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: yesthatjallen
The power of analysis:


8 posted on 05/07/2020 6:56:35 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
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To: hawkaw

Plant a big wet kiss on Sleepy Joe, Alex...


9 posted on 05/07/2020 6:59:29 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: yesthatjallen
Lord help us if he gets in the White House. On second thought, no, no, no. if they put him in, and there is a good chance they will. They put obama in there twice and Bill Clinton twice,so it is not an impossibility. We deserve everything he does to us. If one more Democrat gets in the White House, the United States of America as it is known now and was is gone. It will occupy the same geographical area it always has but the area inside the borders will be drastically changed.
10 posted on 05/07/2020 7:02:53 AM PDT by sport
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To: sport

There must be war as a result

There can be no coexistence


11 posted on 05/07/2020 7:04:06 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: ClearCase_guy
It's been debunked, you know.

When was it ever "bunked"?
12 posted on 05/07/2020 7:07:06 AM PDT by Karma_Sherab
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To: yesthatjallen

So Blasey Ford could not remember when it happened, where it happened, didn’t tell anyone, but claims she was so traumatized she installed a 2nd door in her house....

Tara Reade filed a complaint, told her friends and her mother, and there is corroborating evidence including (among other things) a recording of her MOTHER talking about it on Larry King radio show shortly after it happened.


13 posted on 05/07/2020 7:23:18 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Someone should ask her what she wants.


14 posted on 05/07/2020 7:31:08 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: bert
You are correct, my man. What do you think was the purpose of all the “Kill Whiteys”, “and it is all the White Man's fault” as far as troubles and problems were concerned when obama was in the White House? Go back to Europe after WW1 During 1920.Specifically Germany. See what was being said concerning the Jews. Fast forward to the mid 30s and early 40s,same Country, Germany. See what is being done to the Jews. See a pattern? Hop the ocean and land in the United States of America. Listen to what is being said about the Whites? See a pattern developing? Under President Trump the rhetoric has quieted some but still bubbles under the surface.p>
15 posted on 05/07/2020 7:47:18 AM PDT by sport
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16 posted on 05/07/2020 7:54:12 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: fatima
Someone should ask her what she wants.

But the minute that she says "Don't vote for Biden", the argument from the Democrats then becomes, "See, she's just doing it for political purposes ..."

17 posted on 05/07/2020 8:05:36 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: hawkaw

Somehow, I seriously doubt that AOC has EVER been the subject of a sexual assault-—of any degree.


18 posted on 05/07/2020 8:17:28 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: BlueLancer

Well I think her answer will be Justice.No one listened to her and now he is running for President.She deserves to have a voice and a hearing should be called.


19 posted on 05/07/2020 8:25:26 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: ridesthemiles

I don’t know about that. From the neck down she’s not half bad.

Everything from the neck up is a no-go though...crazy eyes, horse teeth, annoying voice and personality.

But working in a bar I’m sure she got plenty of attention and probably did better for herself by speaking as little as possible.


20 posted on 05/07/2020 1:07:36 PM PDT by NorthWoody (A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. - Theodore Roosevelt)
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